Bunnings Book of Snags critics reveal WA’s best sausage sizzle

Anonymous reviewers keep Bunnings sausage sizzlers on their toes

The West Australian

VideoThey call themselves 'Bunnings Book of Snags,' and they travel the state reviewing Bunnings sausage sizzles. They've got a strict criteria, and you only know you've been visited when a review pops up on their Facebook page.

They eat the same meal every weekend, travel for several hours for the privilege and get a kick out of seeing a jar of sweet chilli sauce.

Welcome to the world of a professional Bunnings sausage sizzle reviewer.

The Bunnings Book of Snags Facebook page might look like a joke but the WA trio behind it take their quest for Australia’s perfect sausage sizzle so seriously, they wanted to remain anonymous so they don’t get preferential treatment at the gazebo.

The two men and a woman have visited about 300 sausage sizzles, giving each sausage in a bun a mark out of 50 based on bun softness, sausage temperature, onion caramelisation, napkin thickness and “overall deliciousness”.

It’s a serious business with bonus points awarded for sauces other than tomato, mustard and barbecue, singing and pleasant service and points deducted for failing to abide by Bunnings’ onions-on-the-bottom policy.

Camera IconThe reviewers have tucked into more than 300 sausage sizzles between them in the past year and a half.

One of the reviewers, we’ll call him Jonno, met his fellow critics while they were working in a pub.

“Our founder was just a bit hungover one day and thought ‘I’m just going to review this sausage sizzle’.

“It was a bit of a p***take of food critics so we thought we’d do it more consistently and it gives a bit of publicity to those charities involved and all the people who get up to make a snag on a weekend,” he said.

The trio spend every weekend reviewing sausage sizzles and even look for the famous green gazebos on their interstate holidays.

Jonno said he’s travelled from Perth to the South West in a day in the quest for the perfect sausage in a bun and arranges a “guest reviewer” on any rare weekends off, such is his dedication to the cause.

They’ve even made a pact to get sausage tattoos once their Facebook page reaches 10,000 followers.